Know this: the latest psychotherapy transforms lives

Economist Richard Layard and psychologist David Clark champion evidence-based therapies for depression and anxiety. They tell how their mission has just begun

By Liz Else

“This has never happened anywhere in the world. It is a revolution”

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Your book is about the mental health initiative you two fought to start. Who is the book for?Richard Layard&colon; Everyone. We hope it will be a bestseller. David Clark&colon; We want people to realise where science has got us to&colon; people whose lives might otherwise be ruined by long-term mental health problems can benefit from the latest psychological treatments, and many can have their lives transformed. If you get treatment in your 20s and 30s, that means you’ve got 50 years of a very different life. …

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